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Dear Affinity: There has been resistance in the developer community to porting apps to Linux, but now would be a good time. I think with ONE professional content creation company making the move, there would be a flood to the apps and platform.

PDF bookmarks (learn more) AMAZING! Thank you soooooooo much! This is going to save me so much hassle and really removes the last reason for anyone to use Adobe Indesign (IMHO)
 
Having used it now: Even more thank you's - it works exactly as I hoped it would and will help me sell my books. Thank you for listening to your community requests. Affinity really is an amazing suite of apps .

We are pleased to announce an update for the Windows release of Affinity Designer, version 1.9.0
Changes in this Build
A highlights explanation can be found here: 5 things you should know about Affinity Designer 1.9
The detailed changes in Affinity Designer for Windows 1.9.0 (over the last release Affinity Designer for Windows 1.8.5) are as follows:
New Features:
Powerful contour tool to create abstract objects or increase the width of single open curves (learn more) Select Same to efficiently match attributes such as fill colour, stroke colour, stroke weight, transparency, blend mode or shape type (learn more) Select Object to select all objects of a certain type within your document to make editing even easier (learn more) Windows hardware (GPU) acceleration (for users running Windows 10 (April 2020 update or later) with a Direct3D feature level 12.0 capable card) Studio presets for the UI layout to save your favourite workspace setups for different tasks, explained here Studio panel combinations (also learn more) Linked images and Resource Manager (learn more) PDF passthrough option added Save As Package feature to collate your document alongside all used image and font resources into a folder (learn more) Divide blend mode added Placed scale for all placed files, which allows scaling to be reset to 100% (learn more) Added hierarchical antialiasing control - accessed from the Blend Ranges dialog in the Layers Panel Curves numeric field controls Blend modes for mask layers Added export preview to export dialog (for raster types) Create brushes from current pixel selection (learn more) Content sync of store purchases (requires registration).
This feature is explained in more detail here Sync your Affinity Store resources with your Affinity 1.9 apps Fixes & Improvements:
Elliptical marquee automatically creates from centre Added option for Designer to be able to show/hide overflow text - particularly useful for text on a path Snap to pixel selection bounds Configurable bleed and margin guide colours When creating a global colour from an object also apply it Filter effects now work properly with global colours Original file name no longer saved as "Title" in PDF, after renaming the file Fixed inability to change document dimensions while aspect ratio was unlocked When items copied as SVG they could not be pasted as text Fixed Tools getting stuck in the hand tool cursor after using spacebar + alt and click to zoom out Added Canvas Rotation option to Preferences New Samples Various stability improvements Help and Localisation improvements Performance improvements  
UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (free for existing customers)
The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in Help > About Affinity Designer).
If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the Affinity Store software it will check for updates and offer any available update. The latest update will install over the top of any earlier version, with no need to uninstall. You can download the latest installer by logging into the affinity store here and find the order in your account and use the "Download" button in there. Alternatively, this new release (and previous versions of Affinity Designer for Windows) can be downloaded from this link (that installer is NOT for Windows Store purchases and needs a product key).
If you’ve purchased from the Microsoft Store— Microsoft Store updates are done automatically by the operating system (each time you start the application). If this does not happen for you, open the Windows Store app and click the three dots in the top right corner of the app and then go to Downloads and Updates. Click Get Updates. This should hopefully force the update to show.

PDF bookmarks (learn more) AMAZING! Thank you soooooooo much! This is going to save me so much hassle and really removes the last reason for anyone to use Adobe Indesign (IMHO)
 
Having used it now: Even more thank you's - it works exactly as I hoped it would and will help me sell my books. Thank you for listening to your community requests. Affinity really is an amazing suite of apps .

PDF bookmarks (learn more) AMAZING! Thank you soooooooo much! This is going to save me so much hassle and really removes the last reason for anyone to use Adobe Indesign (IMHO)
 
Having used it now: Even more thank you's - it works exactly as I hoped it would and will help me sell my books. Thank you for listening to your community requests. Affinity really is an amazing suite of apps .

We are pleased to announce an update for the Windows release of Affinity Publisher, version 1.9.0
Changes in this build
A highlights explanation can be found here: 5 things you should know about Affinity Publisher 1.9
The detailed changes in Affinity Publisher for Windows 1.9.0 over the release build Affinity Publisher for Windows 1.8.5 are as follows:
New Features
Data Merge (learn more) Support PDF Passthrough to ensure perfect representation of original PDF when exporting, without the need to have embedded fonts installed Package feature to collate your document alongside all used image and font resources into a folder (learn more) Studio Presets for the UI layout to save your favourite workspace setups for different tasks, explained here Studio panel combinations  (also learn more) Content sync of store purchases (requires registration)
This feature is explained in more detail here Sync your Affinity Store resources with your Affinity 1.9 apps Windows hardware (GPU) acceleration (for users running Windows 10 (April 2020 update or later) with a Direct3D feature level 12.0 capable card) Flattened bitmap representation used for all PSD files  Path text improvements (learn more) Initial text baseline advance (learn more) Configurable bleed and margin guide colours (learn more) OpenAsset support for drag/drop from browser content PDF bookmarks (learn more) Convert pixel layer to image node (learn more) Divide blend mode  Fixes & Improvements:
General
Artboard conversion to spreads now optional Placed scale for all placed files, which allows scaling to be reset to 100% Pages panel loses the scroll position when switching between document tabs Document Merge - Added option to ignore unused incoming text styles Document profile PDX Export preflight tweak, falls back to CMYK profile for RGB / LAB documents Opening a template from File > Open or Drag and drop will now open it as untitled Filter Effect Dialog - Enabled the use of global colours When creating a global colour from an object also apply it Fixes various issues with mishandling of CJK fonts in the UI (Win) Various stability improvements Help and Localisation improvements Performance improvements Page/Spread
Resizing single page Master could change the size of dependent spreads incorrectly Deleting Master Page when editing detached could leave 'Editing Detached' notification open Fixed issue where re-applying master pages with text frames with pinned objects could cause document instability When modifying Adjustment Layers any bleed and pasteboard areas affected were not updating correctly Pinned objects from Master Pages were not showing in bleed  Resizing a single page master could cause spreads that used it to be resized incorrectly Guides lost from Master Page when changing from facing to single pages Fixes for margins setup on a Master Page (Win) Added option to 'Add Pages (from file) at end of document' Added option in Add Pages From File to 'Add Before / After / Replacing Section' Text
Text selection highlight across multiple spreads could display incorrectly  Hyperlink styling could accidentally be added to new text More consistent handling of mid-word punctuation Deleting a row with merged cells could cause a crash Text wrap settings on images could become distorted after a document save and load Fix for hang resizing table columns in certain circumstances Line widths around Drop Caps could be wrong /inconsistent Glyph Browser was missing glyphs under certain circumstances when sorting via Unicode Prevent application of Hyperlink Anchors to Layers / Master Page instances Prevent creation of blank Hyperlink Anchors that could case errors on PDF Export Multi-curve text wrap could be combined incorrectly resulting in unexpected wrapping around complex shapes Bookmarks created by TOC not in the correct order when exported to PDF Auto correct quotation marks for French Style changes not always picked up as out of date for TOC TOC Anchors were not being deleted when the TOC was deleted Fixed generation of wrap shapes for certain images with alpha Import
IDML Import - text import now always applies appropriate text styling to be used when appending to imported text IDML import - Speed and efficiency improvements PDF import - Filter Effects could be wrongly rasterised and cause export failures PDF import - placed PDF improvements PDF import - fix for tiling patterns SVG Import - stability improvement Resources
Many Resource Manager fixes and improvements Artboard and other settings could be lost when reconnecting missing Affinity resources Place linked files could be opened as <Embedded> under certain circumstances 'Size frame to content' for images imported from IDML could behave incorrectly Picture frame within a Picture Frame could cause crash Export
Export Pages field now clears when switching documents PDF Export - Improved export of Type 1 fonts, which could cause failure under certain circumstances TGA Export - Fix for 32bit export RTF export / copy paste was losing hyphens under certain circumstances  
UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (Free for existing customers)
The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in Help > About Affinity Publisher).
If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the Affinity Store software it will check for updates and offer any available update. The latest update will install over the top of any earlier version, with no need to uninstall. You can download the latest installer by logging into the affinity store here and find the order in your account and use the "Download" button in there. Alternatively, this new release (and previous versions of Affinity Publisher for Windows) can be downloaded from this link (that installer is NOT for Windows Store purchases and needs a product key).
If you’ve purchased from the Microsoft Store— Microsoft Store updates are done automatically by the operating system (each time you start the application). If this does not happen for you, open the Windows Store app and click the three dots in the top right corner of the app and then go to Downloads and Updates. Click Get Updates. This should hopefully force the update to show.

Hi Publisher Forum,
Not sure if this thread is still open or anybody still available to comment. OK so now that Publisher is a paid product I want to be sure about PDF bookmarks before I pass up on the introductory offer. So, nobody foresees Publisher being able to create a bookmark, meaning the links in the left pane that show the document's structure based on the TOC, it's still the case I suppose?
I tested LibreOffice and it creates them from the TOC, so the feature can't be that difficult to implement, but I suppose Publisher is more for paper printing than digital publishing. I need to create manuals for monitor and tablet viewing only and the client wants bookmarks of course, not just a TOC at the start of the manual.
If anybody has feedback or news on this then please send it along, and thanks in advance.
Regards, Kevin

We are in 2020 and publisher still not create pdf bookmarks
However is it a wonderful piece of software I hope Serif will add this missing feature
Anyway, you can create it with a pdf tool like Acrobat Pro

Thanks @walt.farrell, things like that:

+1. Creating bookmarks and controlling viewing options when opening the PDF would be I feature I would like to have.

Hi There,
I would like to explain to Affinity product managers just why this is a critical feature, along with some better way to create "book" files.
I'm publishing books.  I don't write them and papers.  I have to send these out to 4 different teams to work on them.  The teams get PDFs. I cannot edit the PDFs bookmarkes, then receive feedback from the teams and then manually recreate the bookmarks again.
Please add this feature and let us know when it will be implemented.  

I really, really hope an option to generate PDF bookmarks based on heading levels, just like Word can do, is introduced soon. Good job on the hyperlinked table of contents though. 

I don't believe this is a hard thing to implement since they already support creating TOC I don't see a reason why not use the same tool to create bookmarks on PDF export.

We are pleased to announce an update for the Windows release of Affinity Photo, version 1.8.3
Changes in this build
The changes in Affinity Photo for Windows 1.8.3 (over the last release Affinity Photo for Windows 1.8.2) are as follows:
Fixes & Improvements:
Fixed layers getting clipped to embedded documents would not get clipped Fixed Procedural Texture rendering differently to macOS  Further boolean operation improvements  Tweaks to Alignment Fixed misidentification of Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary when mounted on a Canon camera Fixed line caps on strokes with pressure profiles that have sharp pressure changes at the start getting incorrectly expanded Fixed PDF export failing due to colour profile being rejected wrongly Fixed rendering artefacts with small radius filter effects Fixed some Pentax lenses being listed as "Pemtax" Fixed crash when switching between Panorama documents Fixed PDF export to honour gradient map's colour space Fixed autosave failing to work Fixed crash opening empty (0Kb) files Fixed PDF export failing with embedded LAB document Fixed PDF export of images to preserve their colour space Fixed PDF export failing when a document contains an empty clip Fixed cropped result when creating a selection from a mask Fixed sporadic selection failure when invert selecting with Move tool Fixed sporadic PSD import crash Fixed floating panels being clipped when collapsed  Help and Localisation improvements. Earlier changes and fixes in 1.8 made since 1.7 (including the new 1.8 features) are listed in some detail in this 1.8.0 update announcement.
 
UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (Free for existing customers)
The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in Help > About Affinity Photo).
If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the Affinity Store software it will check for updates and offer any available update. The latest update will install over the top of any earlier version, with no need to uninstall. You can download the latest installer by logging into the affinity store here and find the order in your account and use the "Download" button in there. Alternatively, this new release (and previous versions of Affinity Photo for Windows) can be downloaded from this link. (that installer is NOT for Windows Store purchases and needs a product key).
If you’ve purchased from the Microsoft Store— Microsoft Store updates are done automatically by the operating system (each time you start the application). If this does not happen for you, open the Windows Store app and click the three dots in the top right corner of the app and then go to Downloads and Updates. Click Get Updates. This should hopefully force the update to show.

We are pleased to announce an update for the Windows release of Affinity Designer, version 1.8.3
Changes in this Build
The changes in Affinity Designer for Windows 1.8.3 (over the last release Affinity Designer for Windows 1.8.2) are as follows:
Fixes & Improvements:
Fixed layers getting clipped to embedded documents would not get clipped Further boolean operation improvements  Tweaks to Alignment Fixed line caps on strokes with pressure profiles that have sharp pressure changes at the start getting incorrectly expanded Fixed loss of selection scope when deleting objects Improved boolean operations on large shapes Fixed PDF export failing due to colour profile being rejected wrongly Fixed rendering artefacts with small radius filter effects Fixed PDF export to honour gradient map's colour space Fix for autosave/recover not working on anything but new documents. Fixed crash opening empty (0 Kb) files Fixed PDF export failing with embedded LAB document Fixed PDF export of images to preserve their colour space Fixed PDF export failing when a document contains an empty clip Fixed cropped result when creating a selection from a mask Fixed sporadic selection failure when invert selecting with Move tool Fixed sporadic PSD import crash Fixed floating panels being clipped when collapsed  Help and Localisation improvements. Earlier changes and fixes in 1.8 since 1.7 (including the new 1.8 features) are listed in some detail in this 1.8.0 update announcement and this 1.8.2 update announcement
 
UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (free for existing customers)
The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in Help > About Affinity Designer).
If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the Affinity Store software it will check for updates and offer any available update. The latest update will install over the top of any earlier version, with no need to uninstall. You can download the latest installer by logging into the affinity store here and find the order in your account and use the "Download" button in there. Alternatively, this new release (and previous versions of Affinity Designer for Windows) can be downloaded from this link (that installer is NOT for Windows Store purchases and needs a product key).
If you’ve purchased from the Microsoft Store— Microsoft Store updates are done automatically by the operating system (each time you start the application). If this does not happen for you, open the Windows Store app and click the three dots in the top right corner of the app and then go to Downloads and Updates. Click Get Updates. This should hopefully force the update to show.

We are pleased to announce an update for the Windows release of Affinity Publisher, version 1.8.3
Changes in this build
The changes in Affinity Publisher for Windows 1.8.3 (over the last release Affinity Publisher for Windows 1.8.2) are as follows:
Fixes & Improvements:
General
Fix for autosave/recover not working on anything but new documents. Fixed issues with live filters making layers disappear Fix for embedded documents not rendering at specific zoom levels Fix for crash and incorrect placement moving a group into or out of a Picture Frame Boolean Operation fixes Fixed possible crash saving documents containing embedded documents if there was a colourspace mismatch Via Layer Panel, linked documents were being opened as embedded and edits were not being committed to the linked file Shift-Invert selection behaviour with the Move Tool was broken Resource Manager 'Collect' could collect multiple copies of the same placed image (Mac) In the New Document dialog, 'Show in Finder' wasn't working for top level folder (Win) Font Manager could be launched with Resource Manager (Win) Fixed crash cycling through justification options in a table (Win) Fixed crash opening empty (0 Kb) files (Win) Floating (undocked) panels were collapsing too small and clipping content (Win) Create artboard missing from New Document dialog in Designer Persona Page Management
Fixes for page operations that required spreads to be split Page objects could be incorrectly rescaled when master page was resized Text
Filler text is now copied to clipboard as the expanded text rather than as '<FillerText>' Unpinning a node can scale it incorrectly Fixed crash copying mixture of filler text and regular TextTool Fixed changing text capitalization without a selection causing a crash. Text > Upper Case could crash if the selected text was already Upper Case Copy-paste Arabic text from .docx comes as Chinese in Publisher (Win) Some lines weren't correctly indented when using right align and right indent Import
Empty (0 Kb) files could crash the import process Export
PDF Export was not honouring  gradient map's colour space PDF Export images downsampling to the wrong DPI under certain circumstances PDF Export was failing with placed documents in LAB colourspace PDF Export of placed images makes more effort to preserve their colour space PDF Export fix for export of objects  with empty clipping paths Earlier changes and fixes in 1.8 since 1.7 (including the new 1.8 features) are listed in some detail in this 1.8.0 update announcement and the 1.8.2 update announcement
 
UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (Free for existing customers)
The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in Help > About Affinity Publisher).
If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the Affinity Store software it will check for updates and offer any available update. The latest update will install over the top of any earlier version, with no need to uninstall. You can download the latest installer by logging into the affinity store here and find the order in your account and use the "Download" button in there. Alternatively, this new release (and previous versions of Affinity Publisher for Windows) can be downloaded from this link (that installer is NOT for Windows Store purchases and needs a product key).
If you’ve purchased from the Microsoft Store— Microsoft Store updates are done automatically by the operating system (each time you start the application). If this does not happen for you, open the Windows Store app and click the three dots in the top right corner of the app and then go to Downloads and Updates. Click Get Updates. This should hopefully force the update to show.

<EDITED> Please note, Affinity Photo 1.8.2 for Windows is now live so this thread is locked </EDITED>
We are pleased to announce a major update for the Windows release of Affinity Photo, version 1.8.0
Changes in this build
The changes in Affinity Photo for Windows 1.8.0 (over the last release Affinity Photo for Windows 1.7.3) are as follows:
New Features & Improvements:
Template support – save documents as template files to re-use time and time again, share templates across all apps and even access files on multiple devices through cloud storage. New document dialog – it’s now simpler than ever to find, create and manage document presets with customised, saveable presets and thumbnail previews. Updated PANTONE© library – work with a seemingly endless range of colours, including updated PANTONE© Color Bridge and PANTONE© Formula Guide solid palettes (coated and uncoated). Lens correction improvements – benefit from manual lens correction override in the Develop Persona, take advantage of the newly added ‘recently used’ and ‘favourites’ lists, and enjoy improved lens correction of RAW files coming from fixed focal length lenses. Big plugin support improvements – experience the power of a range of plugins in the app, including Nik collection by DxO. Better metadata handling – new support for user-editable fields in image metadata, including the IPTC standard for copyright and other information, plus, save and import metadata files (XMP)[enable in preferences], batch whole folders of images and tag with appropriate ownership info, and more. PSD smart object support – any smart objects included in PSD files can now be imported into Affinity Photo as embedded documents [enable in preferences], letting you easily edit layers within any smart object and maintain a non-destructive workflow into Affinity. Canon CR3 RAW support – open and edit your highest quality photographs in Affinity Photo. Many other improvements and fixes. Fixes
(some of these are phrased in the negative but nevertheless fixed)
Develop stability improvements. Fixed issues when printing/exporting live filters. Fixed crash loading certain JPEG files. Double click to edit embedded docs from layers panel. CMYK TIFF import improvements. Filter effects now support high intensity colours in 32-bit mode. Text field expression improvements. Added a new lens profile selector to Develop. Reimplemented the HSL filter's HSV option. Improved quality & file size of results when exporting JPEG. Switching to a mask node will now automatically switch to the grey colour slider. Improved lens correction of RAW files coming from lenses with fixed focal length. Improved unsharp mask “threshold” slider. Improved selection refinement performance & quality. Improved the noise reduction filter result when applied to JPEGs. Improved precision of Gaussian algorithm (to reduce banding). Improved reporting of file load errors (could previously report file corruption incorrectly). Improved performance of operations with large selections. Improved memory use with alternate futures and when replacing image layers. Fixed Styles to show styles that would normally be invisible. Fixed crash when loading some corrupt JPEGs (valid image data, but corrupt following data). Fixed PSD export of hidden layers. Fixed “Create Palette” from CMYK images resulting in RGB colours. Fixed Pixel Selection appears incorrectly when started near page edge. Fixed rasterising a fill layer goes wrong after changing document size. Fixed Marquee Selection not constraining to a square if you drag across the right diagonal. Fixed mis-identification of some Tamron lenses mounted to Canon bodies. Fixed crash importing PSD files containing embedded colour profiles with unicode characters in their names. Colour Picker fails to average when click dragging Cannot drag objects into Assets Right click does not function for surface pen Strokes not printing correctly Printed line is not correct thickness Crash: Include colour bars with a certain file Wacom Tablet starts drawing straight line after changing focus. Print dialog isn't removing the red overlay on a scaled image User file: missing elements when importing EPS Tools disabled when starting the app with hidden UI Motion Panoramas from a Samsung Galaxy Phone crash the app Unable to alter Mask's visiblity options in Export Persona Open folder in explorer should be greyed out until you've saved the file Changing DPI using Anchor to Page resizes document Create Palette from CMYK images imports as RGB Allow drag-drop of .afmacros files onto UI for import (and automatic Library panel toggle) Flood Fill Tool: Missing Source attribute (consistency with Mac version) Flood Select Tool: Missing Source attribute (consistency with Mac version) Flood Fill Tool: Missing Blend Mode attribute (consistency with Mac version) Procedural Texture > Scrolling up/down in the value field crashes the app Halftone dialog is cramped Flood Select Tool: Refine button missing from the context toolbar on Windows Choosing a specific page in the print dialog prints all pages Brush Outline missing when using Tablet/Surface Studio panels can be wrong size after reset Pointer device triggers straight lines when using the mouse Focus doesn't go to active document when multiple documents are open Extend the limit on the number on favourite fonts New document panel should select Letter as default in the US. Show Left Studio / Show Right Studio need adding to Studio menu Clicking the 'gear-icon' in Panorama Persona locks the app up Unable to set Arrow Keys as shortcuts Tablet cursor jumps about when using High Precision Input  Software now requires Windows ink for pressure to work Levels Adjustment, histogram is grey Assorted other small fixes and improvements. Localisation improvements.  
UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (Free for existing customers)
The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in Help > About Affinity Photo).
If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the Affinity Store software it will check for updates and offer any available update. The latest update will install over the top of any earlier version, with no need to uninstall. You can download the latest installer by logging into the affinity store here and find the order in your account and use the "Download" button in there. Alternatively, this new release (and previous versions of Affinity Photo for Windows) can be downloaded from this link. (that installer is NOT for Windows Store purchases and needs a product key).
If you’ve purchased from the Microsoft Store— Microsoft Store updates are done automatically by the operating system (each time you start the application). If this does not happen for you, open the Windows Store app and click the three dots in the top right corner of the app and then go to Downloads and Updates. Click Get Updates. This should hopefully force the update to show.

<EDITED> Please note, Affinity Designer 1.8.2 for Windows is now live so this thread is locked </EDITED>
We are pleased to announce a major update for the Windows release of Affinity Designer, version 1.8.0
Changes in this Build
The changes in Affinity Designer for Windows 1.8.0 (over the last release Affinity Designer for Windows 1.7.3) are as follows:
New Features & Improvements:
Template support – save documents as template files to re-use time and time again, share templates across all apps and even access files on multiple devices through cloud storage. New document dialog – it’s now simpler than ever to find, create and manage document presets with customised, saveable presets and thumbnail previews. Boolean operation improvements – add, subtract and combine shapes to create custom designs better than ever before. Updated PANTONE© library – work with a seemingly endless range of colours, including updated PANTONE© Color Bridge and PANTONE© Formula Guide solid palettes (coated and uncoated). Massive expand stroke improvements – get incredibly accurate results with far fewer nodes than before. New Stock panel – quickly access royalty free images through the app’s brand-new Stock panel. Many other improvements and fixes. Fixes
(some of these are phrased in the negative but nevertheless fixed)
Vector brush is slow to draw quick lines and draws them straight instead of curved Cannot drag objects into Assets Right click does not function for surface pen Strokes not printing correctly Printed line is not correct thickness Crash: Include colour bars with a certain file Cog shape only allows up to 48 teeth Wacom Tablet starts drawing straight line after changing focus. Software now requires Windows ink for pressure to work Grids fail to display correctly on Artboards Print dialog isn't removing the red overlay on a scaled image Cannot set margins for artboards using Guides Manager Microsoft Surface - Cursor jump if drawing close to the edge User file: missing elements when importing EPS Tools disabled when starting the app with hidden UI Unable to alter Mask's visibility options in Export Persona Open folder in explorer should be greyed out until you've saved the file Changing DPI using Anchor to Page resizes document Create Palette from CMYK images imports as RGB Global Colour dialog's colour picker always uses RGB Choosing a specific page in the print dialog prints all pages Brush Outline missing when using Tablet/Surface Clip to Canvas should be greyed out for artboards Studio panels can be wrong size after reset Pointer device triggers straight lines when using the mouse Focus doesn't go to active document when multiple documents are open Extend the limit on the number on favourite fonts New document panel should select Letter as default in the US. Show Left Studio / Show Right Studio need adding to Studio menu Unable to set Arrow Keys as shortcuts Tablet cursor jumps about when using High Precision Input Drawing with Wacom creates stepped curves Boolean Add can create duplicate nodes in the same spot Hidden layer's pixel content is lost when exporting to PSD Add to swatches > As global colour fails with multiple objects Tool Settings/Presets saved showing in other applications that don't support them. Add operation fails on curves with only two points Layer thumbnails on the Layers panel don't get updated after changing a a global colour from the swatches panel User file TIFF Alpha does not render correctly Pixel Selection appears incorrectly when started near page edge Live filters and PDF export: live filters not being processed/rendered when exporting to PDF Other minor fixes and improvements  
UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (free for existing customers)
The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in Help > About Affinity Designer).
If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the Affinity Store software it will check for updates and offer any available update. The latest update will install over the top of any earlier version, with no need to uninstall. You can download the latest installer by logging into the affinity store here and find the order in your account and use the "Download" button in there. Alternatively, this new release (and previous versions of Affinity Designer for Windows) can be downloaded from this link (that installer is NOT for Windows Store purchases and needs a product key).
If you’ve purchased from the Microsoft Store— Microsoft Store updates are done automatically by the operating system (each time you start the application). If this does not happen for you, open the Windows Store app and click the three dots in the top right corner of the app and then go to Downloads and Updates. Click Get Updates. This should hopefully force the update to show.

<EDITED> Please note, Affinity Publisher 1.8.2 for Windows is now live so this thread is locked </EDITED>
We are pleased to announce a major update for the Windows release of Affinity Publisher, version 1.8.0
Changes in this build
The changes in Affinity Publisher for Windows 1.8.0 (over the last release Affinity Publisher for Windows 1.7.3) are as follows:
New Features:
Template support – save documents as template files to re-use time and time again, share templates across all apps and even access files on multiple devices through cloud storage. New document dialog – it’s now simpler than ever to find, create and manage document presets with customised, saveable presets and thumbnail previews. Updated PANTONE© library – work with a seemingly endless range of colours, including updated PANTONE© Color Bridge and PANTONE© Formula Guide solid palettes (coated and uncoated). IDML import – import InDesign® IDML files, including all text styles, master pages, guides, pinned objects and more, directly into Affinity Publisher. Live preflight checking – customise the app’s all new Preflight panel to receive live warnings for possible errors in your document, including poor image resolution, bleed hazards, overflowing text, spelling errors, missing images or font resources, and more. XLSX import – import spreadsheet data from Excel, Apple Numbers or LibreOffice in XLSX format as a standalone table or inline with your text frames. Document merge – merge multiple documents together into a single file and take advantage of text style mapping, index merging and master page control, whether you’re combining whole documents or selecting page ranges to import. Smart master pages – effortlessly swap master pages and migrate edited content from any page to a new master page layout in a single click without losing any of your work in the process. Collect resources – organise all image resources into a single folder location and share with others in your network. New Anchors panel – easily manage anchors in your document and create new ones from selected text. Text column dividing lines – add lines to separate columns in text frame settings. Many other improvements. Fixes
List still being compiled Help updates. Localization Tweaks  
UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (Free for existing customers)
The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in Help > About Affinity Publisher).
If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the Affinity Store software it will check for updates and offer any available update. The latest update will install over the top of any earlier version, with no need to uninstall. You can download the latest installer by logging into the affinity store here and find the order in your account and use the "Download" button in there. Alternatively, this new release (and previous versions of Affinity Publisher for Windows) can be downloaded from this link (that installer is NOT for Windows Store purchases and needs a product key).
If you’ve purchased from the Microsoft Store— Microsoft Store updates are done automatically by the operating system (each time you start the application). If this does not happen for you, open the Windows Store app and click the three dots in the top right corner of the app and then go to Downloads and Updates. Click Get Updates. This should hopefully force the update to show.

+1 for bookmarks for PDF roleplaying games it is an essential and mandatory requirement for both the users and stores like DriveThruRPG.com

For the time being, I'm using this tool to import bookmarks into my PDFs. I make a text file with the bookmark title, level, and page and then insert it into the PDF after I generate it.
https://www.pdflabs.com/blog/export-and-import-pdf-bookmarks/
 
Additionally, FoxIt (free) PDF viewer allows you to create bookmarks using a UI.

We are pleased to announce an update for the Windows release of Affinity Publisher, version 1.7.3
Changes in this build
The changes in Affinity Publisher for Windows 1.7.3 (over the last release Affinity Publisher 1.7.2) are as follows:
 Text Handling
Pasting text could replace unselected text under certain circumstances. Text frames wrapping around other text frames only use z-order if both have wrap. Fix for Text on a Path handle snapping / jumping. (Win) Character page dropdowns not working when using select tool. Print and Export
(Mac) Fix for crash printing CMYK documents with Embedded RGB documents. (Mac) PDF Export: Allow advanced features checkbox was missing. General
Fix for masked adjustment groups drawing incorrectly. Fixed odd behaviour with transform panel adjusting size of sheared objects. (Win) Fix for failures when installed to folder with a non-ANSI path. Fixed failure to import .ABR brushes. Fixes for stability issues that have been logged with us. Plus Translation and Help updates. This thread is for commenting on this announcement. Please do not post bugs or problems that you find when using this version of the software in this thread, instead make a new thread in the Publisher Bugs on Windows section and questions about usage go in the Desktop Questions forum.
UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (Free for existing customers)
The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in Help > About Affinity Publisher).
If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store— each time you start the Affinity Store software it will check for updates and offer any available update. The latest update will install over the top of any earlier version, with no need to uninstall. You can download the latest installer by logging into the affinity store here and find the order in your account and use the "Download" button in there. Alternatively, this new release (and previous versions of Affinity Publisher for Windows) can be downloaded from this link (that installer is NOT for Windows Store purchases and needs a product key).
If you’ve purchased from the Microsoft Store— Microsoft Store updates are done automatically by the operating system (each time you start the application). If this does not happen for you, open the Windows Store app and click the three dots in the top right corner of the app and then go to Downloads and Updates. Click Get Updates. This should hopefully force the update to show.

Working on a book, 30.1MB, text only. A few limited embedded vector files. Worked great til yesterday, now Publisher crashes on an attempt to save. 

Anyone have any ideas?

I also long for the day when I can stop using the last Adobe product I use: InDesign as I've already made the leap to Affinity Designer and Photo. For me that would require the ability to import IDML and/or INDD files as I need to move over my collection of work if I am to finally cut the parasitic cord to Adobe.
As an aside: that is shocking to me that MacOS is just going to kill support for CS6. I'm on Windows 10 and I hope that doesn't happen yet though I'm wondering if I should make a virtual machine image to keep for the future. Adobe CreativeSuite isn't worth the money they gouge for it that's for sure...
Edit: Oh I meant so say - thanks for the link to that script and super thanks to the awesome work of the maintainer. What a godsend!
Edit 2: I've donated to the script maker and of course I forgot to mention I already preordered Affinity Publisher as I'm confident it will get there - I'm just excited!

Hi,
call it a cosmetic issue, but to me it is an inconsistency: When you set up a new document, the input field for the top margin is found at the top right edge while it is positioned at the left bottom edge when setting up a new master page (see pics). Or is it just me who doesn't understand the reason behind ...
Best,
Volker